My Cup Runneth

The title of my manuscript is "The Pirate's Reckoning". This title may change, but that is the working title. Although I wrote in some pirates, it is not really a pirate tale. This has not stopped people from giving me pirate items. I have pirate hats, pirate earrings, pirate eye patches, pirate daggers, pirate mouse pads and pirate hooks.

Two things have happened. I find I like the pirate items and I no longer think twice about them. So, a few days back, early in the morning at work, I made a strong pot of coffee and filled my cup. When I turned around, the president of the company stood behind me and his eyes travelled down to my cup.
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"What does that say?" he asked.

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I held it up and glanced at it. "It says 'Work is for people who don't know how to plunder,'" I answered.
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"Hmmm," he said, and lowered his eyebrows, wrinkling his forehead. "Should I be worried about this?"
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"Whatever would make you worry?"

"That fact that you work in accounting."

Perhaps it is time to disavow any knowledge of insider trading, golden parachutes, numbered Swiss bank accounts or private jets making regular trips to countries with no extradition.
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Should I go back to using my old cup? A few years ago I decided to go on a health kick and cut back to only one cup of coffee a day. I found the perfect cup, green too, so I'd be helping the planet. I quit using it because the coffee would get cold before I finished it.

What do you think?